AN: Omg I'm so sorry for not writing D: I have a chapter now! Haha.
The inspiration for this chapter came from a song that I have grown to love so much in the past two or three days lol. On that note, school starts soon Dx who's not excited? MEEEEEE lmao. Anyways, here's the next chapter! If you can guess what this chapter's "theme" song is, then find it on YouTube or something and play it as you are reading. It would make the chapter better(: Oh, and I may use strange phrases or words that seem British – I am not British in any sort of way, I just like saying them haha. I did bump the rating up to M now, because my language got away from me. Sorry guys lol if you want someone to blame for the language, blame my swim team friends. It's all there fault, but I still love them (well, almost all of them :P)
OH! I forgot! A sequel idea literally came to me the minute before I wrote the authors note at 9:25pm EST on 8/20/2013 lmao. I think you guys will like it; it should have a LOT of fluffiness between our two favorite anime characters(: Now, ONWARDS WITH THE CHAPTER!
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Pokémon, nor am I ever going to): sad day for all.
Chapter 6 ~ Little Talks
GARY POV -
The next morning, I woke up more tired than I have ever felt in my life. I hadn't slept well the past night – what had happened between Ash and I, in addition to me worrying about Ash and his nightmares – had kept me up until early the next morning. I probably had gotten 3-4 hours of sleep total. Plus, I would have to go to work today. I groaned, flopping an arm over my eyes. Just bloody fantastic. An amused laugh rang throughout my room, and I bolted upright to see Ash leaning against my door frame, already dressed and ready for what today had to throw at him. "How the hell are you up and ready before I am?" I asked, thoroughly confused. Ash just shrugged, a huge grin still lighting up his face. Because I knew I wasn't going to get an answer, I fell backwards, and mumbled, "Wake me up tomorrow please."
Ash, in an amused tone, responded, "Can't Gary. My furniture arrived just now. I was coming to tell you that I was leaving. I'm also looking for Pikachu. He's not downstairs, so I thought he might be up here in case Umbreon came back up to watch Eevee. Guess he's not up here." (AN: Where could they be? *wink wink*) I felt the bed sink down by my feet, and assumed Ash had sat down on the edge. "Now are you gonna sit up and give me a proper goodbye or are you gonna pretend I don't exist?" He poked me in the stomach.
I rolled my eyes, and muttered, "Fine, I'm up, unfortunately. Give me time to take a shower and then I'll give you this 'proper goodbye' so desire so badly." I noticed a light pink blush tinge his face when I said that I was going to take a shower. This fact made me smirk to myself, and I rolled over to get out of bed, effectively rolling into Ash and shoving him off the bed. He got up quickly, shot an angry and embarrassed glare at me, and stalked out of my room to somewhere I didn't know at the time. Once he was out of earshot, I laughed as I went and retrieved a fresh shirt, pair of jeans, and other necessary items out of my dresser, and then made my way to my shower. A hot shower sounded really nice right now.
After a refreshing shower, I headed down the stairs to wait for Ash. Said boy, however, was already waiting in my living room. No, waiting isn't the right word. Pacing is. The shorter boy didn't seem to notice me, as he was too caught up in his thought, muttering them out loud. I silently leaned against the door into the room, intent on hearing some of Ash's deepest, darkest secrets. Little did I know, I would be the main subject of those secrets.
"What is wrong with me?! My head normally isn't in the gutter – so why did I get those thoughts?! Is N rubbing off on me? Eewww Touya can deal with those for all I care. Good luck to him..." Ash trailed off, closing his eyes as his face turned pink. Who are Touya and N? Are they from Unova? The beautiful boy started to talk again. "Damn, Touko and Cheren were right. Freaking know-it-alls. I don't want to admit that fact though. Oh, what the hell. Maybe repeating it over and over again will make it easier for me to accept it. I'm gay. I'm gay. Oh my Arceus that's making it sound even worse. Goddammit." Ash's right hand came up to rub his face in a tired way. "I'm kinda glad my furniture came. I don't know how much longer I can be around Gary before I stupidly tell him that I'm practically in love with him. He'd just scoff at me and say that I'm weird and doesn't want to be my friend anymore. I can't screw up what we have now…"
He stopped pacing and looked at the door. "Oh," he said, looking at me. "How long have you been standing there?" He looked nervous, as if he was about to faint. Poor Ash.
"From the whole 'head in the gutter' comments until now."
"…" Ash was surprisingly silent, and then said, "Shit." I gaped at him – he'd never cursed from what I knew up until today. Where did that come from?
I hadn't know I had said that out loud until he said, "If you want someone to blame, it's partially you, partially Silver from Johto." I raised one eyebrow, curious as to who he was.
"Who is Silver? Oh, and who are Touya, N, Touko, and Cheren? Plus, you may have mentioned a Cilan before. Who are they?" I cocked my head to the side slightly, curious for his response.
Ash swallowed loudly. "Uhh… As I said, I met Silver while traveling through Johto. Cilan is one of the gym leaders for Unova – the first one. He is a triplet, and is the 'grass' brother. His brother Chili is the 'fire' brother, and Cress is the 'water' brother. Cilan is an A Class Pokémon Connoisseur too. Touya and Touko are twins – an inseparable brother and sister duo. They're really good trainers and they kick ass. Cheren is one of their friends, and now a gym leader. He's really an insufferable know-it-all, and always does stuff 'by-the-book', so-to-speak. N is an interesting character. He's the 'son' of Ghetsis Harmonia, the leader of Unova's 'Team Rocket', or Team Plasma. N has tea green hair, and can speak to Pokémon, no lie. He's advocating for them to be released, but since he started dating Touya, he hasn't been too bad. N's full name is actually Natural Harmonia Gropius." Ash winced at N's name. "Poor guy. That's why he goes by N. And he really fills up to that middle name… He has no understanding that no one wants to see PDA's at all."
I just stared at him. "And what's this about practically loving me?" As I said this, I moved until I was literally an inch away from the other boy. Ash turned his head, his face as red as a tamato berry.
"Uhhh I didn't say that. Are you crazy?" He let out a shaky but beautiful laugh.
"I heard you loud and clear Ash. Don't mistake me for a fool." I said in a near whisper, and Ash backed up. I followed him. Suddenly, he was flat against the wall, palms against the wall, fingers splayed out, feet against the baseboard. I was a mere inch away from him again, both hands braced against the wall, next to his adorable face. He was looking up at me, and I was looking down at him. Our noses were practically touching. Ash shifted uncomfortably, trying to escape. "Nope. You're not moving, Ashy-boy, until you stop lying to me." He growled at me when I spoke his pet name that I gave him. "Stop making cute noises or you're never leaving." He just glared at me.
"Why are you doing this Gary?"
"Is this torturing you?"
"Hell yes," he muttered. I moved my head ever so slightly to whisper in his ear, "Good. Then I'm getting half of what I want. But I want the truth. Now, are you going to cooperate?" Ash let a small shiver roll down his spine, and I smirked. I let out a purposeful breath of air on his ear before moving to look in his endless chocolate-brown eyes.
"No," he stated, looking confident.
I smirked. "More punishment then?" I turned my head to the right slightly, and got even closer to his face. Our lips were practically touching, and when he spoke, it was like we were kissing, but we weren't.
"Please don't Gary," he whimpered, "I'll friggin cooperate okay?" I pulled my head back a little. "Alright. Now tell me the truth."
He looked scared out of his mind. He mumbled, "I may just like you more than I bloody should."
"R-really?" I questioned, my heart rate starting to pick up as my mind screamed, HE LIKES ME, HE REALLY LIKES ME BACK! "I… I didn't expect this…"
"…" He looked away, and then shoved me hard off of him. I fell flat on my ass, shocked. I didn't move as I watched the boy run out my front door, about to cry. I didn't even get to say what I was going to next. I whispered out loud, "I may just like you more than I bloody should too Ash. Oh hell, I love you too Ash." I felt one of my Pokémon climb into my lap, trying to comfort me as I felt the burn of oncoming tears. They fell silently as Eevee tried to comfort me. I still sat there, stunned, not moving.
Dammit it's only been 3 hours and I already wish he was back, inches from me. I wish he had given me the chance to tell him I felt the same way. I wish I could have told him I'd always be there, that I'd take his hand when he was scared, hold him when he had his nightmares. I wish he was there so the house didn't feel empty, so I had someone to have little talks with, just like it was when we were young. When we were full of life and full of love.
I don't like walking around this old and empty house.
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear.
The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake.
It's the house telling you to close your eyes.
And some days I can't even dress myself.
It's killing me to see you this way.
'Cause the truth may vary,
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore.
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey)
There's an old voice inside my head that's holding me back.
Well tell her that I miss our little talks.
Soon it will be over and buried with our past.
We used to play outside when we were young and full of life and full of love.
Some days I don't know if I'm wrong or right.
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear.
…
You're gone, gone, gone away, I watched you disappear.
All that's left is a ghost of you.
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart, there's nothing we can do,
Just let me go, we'll meet again soon.
Now wait, wait, wait for me, please hang around,
I'll see you when I fall asleep.
AN: Aaaaaaaand that's the chapter! I checked up on the Silver thing – he did appear as a cameo in one of the movies. I do not own this song – Of Monsters and Men do, and their record company. I imagine Ash as the female singer, and Gary as the male. In the lyrics above, the female's parts are italicized and the male's are not, while bold is both. Yes, I did use Touko and Touya. Honestly, I hate the names Hilbert and Hilda. *shrugs* Plus *WARNING: FAN GIRL MOMENT ABOUT TO HAPPEN* I LOVE TOUYA omfg he's so much better looking that Nate. My God, what's going on with Nate's hair?! Touya's sprite is pretty damn good looking, if I do say so myself lololol.
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